Altcoins
Discount code and Primecoin mining enthusiasm cause cloud server overload
Miners of Primecoin, a new digital currency, caused DigitalOcean, a cloud server provider, to restrict sign ups.
Altcoins to take centre stage at Feathercoin meetup in Oxford
A Feathercoin meetup is being held in a pub in Oxford, England, this weekend.
Bitcoin developer Jeff Garzik on altcoins, ASICs and bitcoin usability
Jeff Garzik, one of Bitcoin's core developers, shares his thoughts on alternative currencies, ASIC miners, and bitcoin usability.
The 6 weirdest alternative currency stories ever
CoinDesk takes a look at some of the weirdest alternative currency stories over the past few years.
Feathercoin, PhenixCoin and Worldcoin partner to form UNOCS, the United Open Currencies Solutions group
Feathercoin, PhenixCoin and Worldcoin have partnered to form United Open Currency Solutions (UNOCS).
New currency Primecoin searches for prime numbers as proof of work
Primecoin is a new digital currency that uses methods to find prime numbers as a way of providing a useful by-product from its proof-of-work calculations
Litecoin targeted by trojan malware
A security firm has published a report showing malware aimed at stealing Litecoin wallet files.
OpenCoin: Ripple users can send payments to bitcoin addresses
At Bitcoin London yesterday OpenCoin announced that Ripple users can now make bitcoin payments directly from the Ripple client.
Should corporations develop their own virtual currencies like bitcoin?
Virtual currencies can ensure that consumers will purchase goods within a company's own ecosystem, but do consumers actually find them useful?
Bitcoin: The next rewards-based economy?
Could bitcoin be a way to modernise backwards-facing employee and customer rewards programs?
